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Capella University has been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense (CAE IA/CD) for academic years 2014-2021.

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What am I talking about? I am talking about Bill S.773 that is before the 111th Congress 1st Session – AKA Cybersecurity Act of 2009. This bill was introduced to the Senate by Senator Rockefeller, et al. dated March 31, 2009. According to the “Cybersecurity Act of 2009 as found on OpenCongress.org’s web site; this is “A bill to ensurethe continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective Cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes. “ (opencongress.org, 2009). Continue reading →

On July 17, 2009, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Andrea McNulty against Ben Roethlesberger a football quarterback, John Koster the Harrah’s Casino Northern Nevada President, Guy Hyder the Security Chief at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, et al. (RGJ.com, 2009) This blog post will not address the main issues or complaints of the lawsuit. It will discuss the complaint of Invasion of Privacy, Trespass and Civil Conspiracy. Continue reading →